A ventilator pressure relief valve stuck in closed position can result in
Correct Answer: Barotrauma
Description: A ventilator pressure relief valve stuck in closed position can generate excessively high pressure in the patient's lung,resulting in barotrauma.Barotrauma and volutrauma overdistend and distrupt lung tissue;may be clinically manifest by interstitial emphysema,or pneumothorax;and can result in the liberation of cytokines from over distended tissues,fuher promoting tissue injury. Reference:Harrison's Medicine
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